tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post5013213302828537317..comments2024-01-13T03:17:01.627-05:00Comments on SWFWMD Matters: Do your County Commissioners know what SWFWMD has taken from them?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-48292870220131895882012-01-11T15:31:07.818-05:002012-01-11T15:31:07.818-05:00Do you know who is to blame for all the trouble in...Do you know who is to blame for all the trouble in SWFWMD and the rest of the state? Don't look any further than you who voted for "slick rick". Do you know what you based your vote on; a slick campaign by the minions of "slick rick". All he had to do was flash his "Mr. Clean" smile and say "let's get to work" and you fell for it hook, line and sinker. Never mind the fact that he doesn't know anything about government OR business. You didn't ask for his "credentials" or check him out. You have been had people. Professor Harold Hill is back in town and if you re-elect and allow him to continue to sell his boys band uniforms, then you might as well get on the same train he will take out of town, with all your money; and all that will be left is a town/state with nothing left but boys uniforms and no band.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-16755850076155607922011-12-28T12:16:46.095-05:002011-12-28T12:16:46.095-05:00Sonny – what is happening on the SWFWMD discussion...Sonny – what is happening on the SWFWMD discussion is nothing more than what is happening everywhere else in Government because of the massive turnover. All the new people apparently don’t do any homework. <br /><br />Case in point, I sat at a Governor and Cabinet Meeting where the Governor and Cabinet were receiving a presentation, by a new <br />State Lands Director, under a new Secretary, neither of whom had been in the conservation land business (despite St. Joe history) before they got their jobs. All of the new Governor and Cabinet members had never been around for land acquisition processes or projects selection either. <br /><br />So the first words out of their mouth were “ We need to be more strategic about our acquisitions. We should have goals for why we buy land.” The conversation continued along that vein. Clearly, the institutional knowledge that still exists in the agency is afraid to be passed along because “I might be fired,” if I put my nose into my superiors business. If they had been briefed properly they would know that the statute sets out specific goals starting with protection of endangered species and rounding out with recreational access across the two million acres that have been purchased since the 1950’s, but most in the last 20 years. <br /><br />The Cabinet meeting was crazy from the perspective of a veteran observer. Hearing questions from Cabinet members who clearly were not briefed sufficiently – because they don’t make the time for it. Briefings are 15 minutes, sometimes in the car on the way from the airport to the Cabinet meeting. <br /><br />None of the elected officials and their new appointees care anymore, Sonny. The citizens of Florida just want a job. The government employees just want to protect their own jobs. Protecting the environment, including the water that we need is somewhere like number 8 on the list of priorities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-21265524546708024322011-12-22T19:43:34.505-05:002011-12-22T19:43:34.505-05:00Best one yet Sonny!
State RepresentativeBest one yet Sonny!<br /><br />State RepresentativeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-511730054636618472011-12-22T19:42:10.225-05:002011-12-22T19:42:10.225-05:00Give'em hell, Sonny.
State SenatorGive'em hell, Sonny.<br /><br />State SenatorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-88037031354654758382011-12-22T19:38:58.180-05:002011-12-22T19:38:58.180-05:00As they say...'HOT DAMN'. what a great di...As they say...'HOT DAMN'. what a great dissertation on an important subject! For sure a start to get those who write the rules to listen....if they can read, oops I mean if they will read it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-73421449778071577272011-12-21T12:30:11.582-05:002011-12-21T12:30:11.582-05:00Sonny, I do believe your friends on the Hernando C...Sonny, I do believe your friends on the Hernando County Commission understand well what is going on...in fact, they understood it so well that they decided to use the ad valorem tax that would have gone to the two Hernando basin boards to help keep a few county employees on the job. I suspect they were glad to have a fraction of a mill more to play with...in their minds, that likely made up for any loss from the Scott-mandated disappearance of the basin boards. But as you know well, elected politicians are much better at short-term band-aid solutions than long-term thinking about the best interests of their constituents.flarrfannoreply@blogger.com